Having a  puppy is much like having a toddler in the house. She gets into stuff.  Even though she's confined to the same room as I am and isn't ever left alone to roam freely, she still manages to get into things.  Like when  was getting dressed this morning.  I had crated her when i was in the shower.  There's no way I can supervise her when I'm all wet and soapy, so for her own good she went in her crate.  When I got out, she was howling that distinct...

I had my first taste of Coca-Cola Blak today. It tastes like what it says it is - a mix of cola and coffee.  It's like drinking a carbonated frappucino that's had a squirt of Coke syrup in it.  It's okay; I'd be happy to drink it every so often - but it's not going to be replacing the Coca-Cola Classic in my refrigerator. I think it's a gimmick; a product that will sell well at first because people are curious about it.  But, I can't see it being a long-term success. Then...

Yesterday Momma and The Big Guy came home with some other dawg.  I could hardly believe it.  I'M the only dog around here, I thought that they knew that.  So, I had to make sure that this other dawg knew that me, Henry, was the king of this house.  She had the audacity to get too close to MY toy, so I growled at her and showed her my teeth so that she'd know I wasn't messing around.  Anyway, we went outside and I was surprised to find out that she knew how to play. ...

  She's a 9 week old purebred boxer pup.  We're making the decision about her name this evening, but right now Grace/Gracie (because she's a wee bit clumsy yet), Maggie (the name of the girl in 'Million Dollar Baby' - the girl boxer, geddit?), or Ginger (because she's a sort of ginger color) are the front runners.  Of course, we could come up with something completely different...but we DO know that as of tomorrow morning she will have a name. We have a winner!&n...

Oh, why you look so sad? The tears are in you eyes, Come on and come to me now... Don't be ashamed to cry Let me see you through Because I've seen the dark side too When the night falls on you And you don't know what to do Nothing you confess Could make me love you less I'll stand by you I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you I'll stand by you So, if you're mad get mad Don't hold it all inside Come on and talk to me now Hey, what you got to hide, I get an...

Link Ladies of JU, what would you do if a strange elderly man came to your door, told you he was a doctor and offered you a free breast exam? Would you let him in and let him give your twins a feel? I wouldn't.  But some women in a Florida neighborhood thought that it was a totally normal thing to happen, and they let him in their homes and allowed him to give them an 'exam'.  In fact, he was only reported after he failed to put on gloves during a genital exam - apparen...

(by Henry, dharma's daschshund) Today was pretty boring.  My momma stayed in bed for a really long time - she was in there when The Big Guy told me to gopotty and she was there when the Little Guy and the Littlest Guy and Tall Girl and The Big Guy all went out and it scared me because usually my momma is in the room where they cook at and she wasn't there today, she was in her bed still.  I got really worried about her and so I went and jumped up and down by the side of her bed unti...

(In case anyone doesn't know, Henry is my daschshund - aka weiner dog) Ok, so like this is what I did today.... First The Big Guy came and knocked on the Little Guy's room and I was sleeping and it scared me and I didn't know who it was so I barked and The Big Guy told me shaddup dawg it's only me.  So then the Little Guy got up and told me to go outside and so I did and I took care of my business and then barked to let them know I was done and The Big Guy said shaddup Henry but he op...

Like many mothers and wives, I'm always on the lookout for new recipes and different meal ideas to feed my family for supper.  I have a rotating menu of things - tacos, spaghetti, lasagne, pork chops, stir fry chicken, different varieties of Hamburger Helper (Cheesy Hashbrowns are our favorite), shepherd's pie, steak and onion pie, roast beef....those are but a few of the things that are served for dinner chez Dharma. But they're old.  We've had them over and over and over again for...

I've going to start bellydancing.  I've been doing yoga for ages, but to be honest my heart's simply not in it anymore.  The on base classes have changed and I don't care for the new ones. The surgery has made it hard for me to attain and hold some of the poses, and some of them are simply not physically possible for me to do anymore.  I've been trying to find some way to reignite my passion for yoga, but I've been failing miserably.  Ever since I wrote the...

We went to the St louis zoo on Saturday. We filled up our camelbaks and packed our lunches, and off we went on the Metrolink tram to Forest Park and the zoo.  It was a beautiful day, about 80 degrees and sunny, and we had a really good time.  We strolled around, looking at the animals and also at the statues that decorate the zoo. They usually depict a man (presumably the founder of the zoo) with various animals.  In front of the reptile house there's one of a man with a b...

We went to the St louis zoo on Saturday. We filled up our camelbaks and packed our lunches, and off we went on the Metrolink tram to Forest Park and the zoo.  It was a beautiful day, about 80 degrees and sunny, and we had a really good time.  We strolled around, looking at the animals and also at the statues that decorate the zoo. They usually depict a man (presumably the founder of the zoo) with various animals.  In front of the reptile house there's one of a man with a b...

This was originally about Ashley Grace's baby blanket, but there's another thing going on right now that falls under the title 'a work in progress' too. This baddest of bad-ass baby blankets is really coming along well:   The stitch that I'm using has a right side and a wrong side to it, much like a piece of printed fabric.  In the photo the wrong side is facing the camera - the right side is much nicer to look at.  Also, the colors don't show well; the lilac ...

...so I can be ready to go. I'm not leaving home, I'm making a 'vigilance' bag so that next time I get asked to go sit with someone who's dying I can simply pick it up and be out the door - instead of having to run from room to room trying to find things I need to take with me.  The hospice requires that we be there within 2 hours of being notified, but I think that I should get there as soon as possible - the other day I was there within half an hour, but had I dawdled....I'd have been ...

...and you've sent Bucky home. I don't know how or why Bucky managed to stay in the 'Idol' competition for so long, but tonight either America came to it's sense or someone sorted a phone bank snafu out, because Buky got sent home. I think he was expecting it.  He MUST have been expecting it.  How could be NOT have?  Anyone could see that he was up against some VERY good singers and that his whiny country growl simply wasn't up to par. I'm sure he's a very nice person, an...